# nipper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈnɪpə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #66,873

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, nips.
2. Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
3. A child.
4. A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
5. A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
6. A mosquito.
7. One of four foreteeth in a horse.
8. A satirist.
9. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
10. A fish, the cunner.
11. A European crab (Polybius henslowii).
12. The claws of a crab or lobster.
13. A young bluefish.
14. A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.
15. One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
16. One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.

## Etymology
From nip + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nipper